As manufacturers introduce new models of electric vehicles, demand for them is growing steadily.
New EV sales in the U.S.roughly doubled in 2021and could double again in 2022, from600,000 to 1.2 million.
EVs appeal to different customers in different ways.
The company says the truck canfully power an average house for three days on a single charge.
Vehicle-to-home charging, or V2H, also poses challenges for utilities.
Here are some of the key issues involved in bringing V2H to the mainstream.
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There are two ways to judge how big a battery is.
The first is the total amount of electric fuel stored in the battery.
For reference, 1 kilowatt-hour is enough energy to power a typical refrigerator for five hours.
A typical U.S. home usesaround 30 kilowatt-hours per day, depending on its size and which appliances people use.
An EV operating in backup mode will typically have a lower maximum power output than when in driving mode.
General Motors and Pacific Gas & Electric plan totest V2H charging in Californiain mid-2022 using multiple GM electric vehicles.
Power companies will still have to spend money building and maintaining the grid to provide reliable service.
Still, even with V2H, electric vehicles are a huge potential market for electric utilities.
